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Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya
- Date
- c. 1660
- Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
In a brightly lit chamber, the heroine ( nayika ) confers with her confidante ( sakhi ), perhaps to convey a message to Krishna, who sits in a grove near a lotus pond at the lower right. In the lower left corner, Rati shoots a flower arrow at Krisha to smite him with love for the nayika. The empty bower in the upper right awaits the lovers’ tryst. Most of the white pigment has flaked off of this painting.
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